You can find out the winner of July’s Object of the Month Competition by following the link to the archaeology blog site:
http://mymuseumoflondon.org.uk/blogs/archaeology/2008/08/08/julys-winner/
You can read more and vote for your favourite at Adam’s post on the archaeology blog, but as a sneak preview, June’s objects selected by LAARC volunteers are:
Each month, three artefacts are taken from the archaeological archive’s stores and put up for public vote. Your vote decide which goes on display in the Archive’s temporary exhibition case. The winning object for this month will be announced on Friday 6th June.
To celebrate the launch of MoLAS’ new book - London’s Delftware Industry, part written by LAARC’s very own Roy Stephenson, the three selected objects are all fine examples of this fine ceramic.
Go check out LAARC Object of the month - Delftware to view and vote for your favourite object.
Each month LAARC runs an Object Of The Month competition. Three artefacts are taken from the archive’s stores and put up for public vote to decide which goes on display in the Archive’s temporary exhibition case.
Competitions take place during the final week of each month. The winning object for this month will be announced on Friday 2nd May.
This month’s choices are all lead based alloys dating from the 16th & 17th Century.
1) From Abbot’s Lane (ABO92), a seed trough that would have hung on a bird cage
2) From Braidwood Street (BRA88), a decorated child’s finger whistle
3) From Abbots Lane (ABO92), a engraved spoon, with the maker’s mark, IG
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Click Here to vote for your favourite object.
You can also view and find out more information about the objects on Flickr at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laarc/sets/72157604281666414/
Finally to find out more about the sites they’re from visit our online catalogue:
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/laarc/catalogue/
Happy voting!
If you want to let us know exactly why you voted for an object, you can leave a comment below.
